The first week of elections filings in the Twin Counties was all about incumbents. With only a couple of exceptions, all the candidates who tossed their hats into the ring are already holding the office for which they seek.

And one candidate is again looking to fill a lawmaker's seat after years on…

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Rocky Mount city officials are seeking community input at three hearings in the next week.

In an effort to identify expenditure priorities, Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership funding, the city of Rocky Mount and the Down East HOME Consortium will hold three public…

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An inmate who escaped from a nearby prison earlier this week was captured Friday in Rocky Mount.

Clayton Ray Campbell, inmate number 1454355, was apprehended by the state's Prisons Emergency Response Team and local law enforcement at around midnight after several hours on the lam. He was taken into…

A drunken brawl late Sunday sent one man to the hospital and another to jail.

Cpl. Brad Summerlin said Rocky Mount police were called about 10:49 p.m. Sunday to the 300 block of Marigold Street where they discovered several men who had been apparently drinking and some of whom admitted to using…